Neonatal blood gas analysis is a crucial diagnostic procedure that provides immediate information about the acid–base status of newborns at the time of delivery. By assessing parameters such as pH, ...

AUSTIN ((KXAN)) — If you’re expecting a child or recently had a baby, chances are you heard about cord blood banking. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to save the stem cells found in a newborn’s ...

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The stem cells in this vital fluid could save someone’s life, but it probably won’t be your child’s. By Dana Najjar To bank or not to bank — that is the question I found myself reckoning with around ...

Flyers in upscale doctors’ offices portray it as the hot new baby-shower gift: a registry where friends and family chip in almost $2,000 to start privately banking a newborn’s umbilical cord blood, ...

(WGNTV) — To save or not to save cord blood? The answer is not so simple. For decades, doctors have put the precious resource to good use, most commonly, to treat patients needing a stem cell or bone ...

Scientists from Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and colleagues identified several proteins from the umbilical cord blood of preterm ...

Giving birth to a child who is unresponsive or struggling to breathe is a harrowing experience. The medical team must quickly cut the umbilical cord and then rush the baby to aid. But taking a few ...